Choledocholithiasis (also called bile duct stones or gallstones in the bile duct) is the presence of a gallstone in the common bile duct. Gallstones usually form in your gallbladder.
Phase I of casualty assistance includes: 1  initial contact and meeting. 2  contacting the servicing legal assistance office. 3  follow up visits.
In any event it is better to accept the small risk of ischemic damage to the limb than to lose a casualty to exsanguination. Both the medic and casualty are in grave danger while a tourniquet is being applied during this phase, and non-life-threatening bleeding should be ignored until the tactical field care phase.